(A/N: I'm on a roll this week, for all of those waiting for Searching for Answers I'm REALLY trying my hardest, hopefully this will bide you over, I'm trying to write it, and I'm under a lot of stress, please bear with me ;;)
Daisy searched for her sister, hoping that she would be all right, she felt her sister's strong energy, but Veronica most likely sensed it also. The warrior would have to move quickly, lest Veronica got a hold of Misty. Daisy reached a village, now destroyed, for how long she didn't know. She shook her head,
"Veronica you witch, how much will this world suffer before you're done?" She started into the wrecked village, and then suddenly she heard crying. Daisy looked around and went into one of the destroyed houses. She saw a little girl, kneeling next to two dead bodies. Daisy could only hope that the two were her parents. The girl looked up at Daisy, and the warrior felt a pain in her heart, the girl's looks, so familiar, just like her daughter, now dead. The girl started to scoot away from Daisy, near her parents,
"No…please don't hurt me!" Daisy softened her face and came to the little girl, kneeling down next to her and put her hands on her shoulders.
"It's alright, I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Daisy, and I'm one of the Mystic Warriors. What's your name?" The girl looked up at Daisy, her eyes big and red from crying, then she suddenly hugged Daisy, whispering to her,
"My…. my name is Miranda…" Daisy held back a few tears as she hugged the frail little girl, Miranda…it was the same name of her daughter who had been murdered by Veronica. This had to have been fate that Daisy met her. "Um…excuse me, but…my parents told me that the Mystic Warriors had died…" Daisy smiled at Miranda,
"No, Veronica lied to the people, now we're back, and we're ready to defeat her." Miranda let go of Daisy,
"Can…can I come with you?" Daisy, being the most compassionate of the four sisters, allowed Miranda to come with her. She felt something when she looked at the young girl, a certain power that she couldn't explain just yet. Soon the two of them were on their way out of the town and toward a beach.
"Misty has to be around here somewhere." Daisy said as she looked around, Miranda looked up at her, slightly confused,
"Who's Misty?" Daisy looked down at Miranda,
"She's my sister, she's also a Mystic Warrior and can help defeat Veronica, we have to find her."
"Oh…hey, is that her?" Miranda replied as she pointed toward the beach. Daisy looked and saw her sister lying unconscious in the sand.
"Misty!" Daisy exclaimed happily as she was about to run to her, but Miranda stopped her,
"Someone's coming!" Daisy didn't see anyone, but hid in a bush just in case the young girl was right. Suddenly a black cloaked figure stepped up toward the unconscious Misty, as she looked further, she gasped when she saw Ash walking toward Misty. He knelt down beside her and started to put his hands under her body, picking her up. Daisy stood up, holding her slingshot tightly.
"Don't move Ash!" She commanded, "Step away from Misty!" Ash started to pick up Misty's body, "Ash I'm warning you! Let her go!" Ash didn't pay attention. He picked up her body and turned to Daisy, who lowered her slingshot. 'He's…crying?' She thought and started out of the bushes. Ash started toward Daisy, tears streaming out of his eyes, "Why have you come back after so long? What are you, you're not the Ash we knew, you would have come to save us!"
"Is that so?" Another voice replied from directly behind her, she spun around and saw her husband, Dante standing next to Miranda.
"Wha…what are you doing here?" Dante smiled at her
"Well, we WERE here to find the Mystic Cerulean Warriors for 'her highness', but I only see my wife and her baby sister here." Daisy looked to him, tears running down her face, Dante held out his arms, "C'mon, I've been gone for ten years, can't I at least get a hug or something?" She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. He hugged her back,
"10 years…you left me for 10 years and it can't be you!" Dante hugged her tightly, rubbing her back while she cried,
"Well it's me, honey. We've been stalling for a long time to build up Veronica's empire, so you and your sisters can have the honor of tearing it down piece by piece." Soon they heard a groan, they turned to Ash, who had set misty onto his lap and was gently stroking her face. Misty groaned again and opened her eyes; she looked to everyone, and then looked to Ash.
"…. Ash?" Misty rubbed her eyes and looked back at him, it felt like a dream, but she reached out and touched him, it was him. There was no doubt about it. She pushed him away and he bowed low to the ground in front of her.
"Misty…Misty I'm so sorry! Please forgive me for what I've done! I've spent ten years…ten lonely years to try to atone for what I had done and to tell you how sorry I am for betraying you. You were in need of me…and I left you alone… I want to make up for my stupidity…" Misty crawled up next to him, lifting up his head, he had tears running down his face, and she felt tears soon forming in her eyes,
"Ash…it's not your fault…Veronica is the one to blame for this. Just…just tell me you're free of the spell she put on you…" Ash placed his hands on top of hers,
"We were never under her spell…but I am so sorry, I never meant to hurt you my love…" He came forward and wrapped Misty up in a tight hug, "Oh Misty, I missed you so much!" He felt tears rushing out of his eyes, he didn't stop them, and Misty hugged him back tightly. Dante looked at the little girl standing next to Daisy, his eyes getting wide.
"Daisy?" He pointed at Miranda, Daisy smiled at him,
"This is Miranda, she's going to be hanging around with me for a while…Miranda, this is my husband, Dante." Miranda held out her hand to shake, Dante smiled and scooped the young girl up in his arm, hugging her,
"Well hello there, Miranda, You're going to protect my wife aren't you?" Miranda giggled.
"Yup, I will." Dante smiled wider and kissed her on the forehead, then turned to Daisy,
"I hope you can train and still watch over her." Daisy nodded her head,
"I can, don't worry." Dante gave Miranda to Daisy and walked over to Ash, who was now busy groveling atMisty's feet, and she was trying to get him to get up and stop apologizing.
"Alright Dark warrior, enough groveling. She has forgiven you and you shouldn't drag this on any longer. Now give her a kiss so we can go, before Veronica finds out." Ash freed himself and rushed over to his wife, scooping her up into his arms and kissing her passionately, she kissed him back, then he set her back down.
"Misty I'll be back, I'll protect you." Misty nodded her head and wiped her eyes,
"Okay, I will be here fighting, with your help."
"Of course Misty, I will always be watching over you." Dante groaned and grabbed the hood of Ash's cloak, pulling him away,
"Alright, alright, come on Ash. Daisy, take care, and we'll be around." Daisy nodded her head,
"Okay."
"Misty I'll be back!" Ash said as Dante opened up a portal and entered it, the portal closing up behind them. Daisy looked to Misty,
"Feeling better about Ash? He seemed to have thought long and hard about what was going on and has repented for a long time. He must've hated himself for the time since we were put away." Misty nodded her head and looked down.
"The funny thing is…I never blamed him, it was all my fault…" She sighed heavily, "If I was normal, Ash would never have to endure such torment..."
"Ash never thought that, Veronica put those thoughts into his head. He wouldn't have you any other way. You know what."
"I just…I wish that I never put Ash through this. He lost a son because of me." Daisy suddenly yelled at her younger sister,
"Misty so did you! That son had been a part of you for nearly a year and of all people YOU were affected the most! I should know! I lost my daughter, I know how it feels!" Misty looked up to her sister, then sighed,
"I know…but Ash is too good for me, I mean, it's always been like that."
"Misty just leave it be. Ash will never change his feelings for you." Misty sighed, then finally nodded her head,
"I will, it's just…it's so much." Misty's appearance started to change a little, her skin growing pale and it seemed more difficult for her to focus.
"Misty? What's wrong?" Miranda asked her, Daisy noticed it as well,
"I…I don't know…" Daisy helped Misty stay on her feet,
"Alright, we have to get you somewhere safe." Daisy guided Misty away from the beach; Miranda was doing what she could to help.
Violet was running in the woods, John was right behind her, they were being chased by an unknown person, John was the only one who heard them, but Violet trusted his judgment. They were most likely minions of Veronica.
"Keep running Lily!" John yelled at her as she pushed on, running faster and pumping her arms for speed. "Don't look back! Keep running and handing me your bow and arrows!" Daisy didn't look back as she took the shoulder strap off and handed it back to him. He grabbed it, and then suddenly she felt a sting in her back, from an arrow,
"Aaaaaaagh!" She screamed in pain. She fell over to the ground and held her shoulder with her other hand, the arrow right under her shoulder blade. "John…John, help me…" She pleaded it, but then when she heard him laugh, she knew that it wasn't her John, her John wouldn't do that.
"Not quite pretty thing, I've got strict orders from Veronica." He said as he stepped onto Violet's back, sending tremors of pain through her spine.
"Aaaaarrrggggh!" She screamed, the person leaned down, a different face now, all black, no features whatsoever, "You…. you're not human…" The thing laughed, and picked her up, but not before twisting the arrow in her back and making her scream in pain, the pain seemed to excite the being,
"Veronica will grant me many favors for doing this, I've caught one of you, all by myself. Now, sleep." The beast bashed her across the head with a blunt object, she fell to the ground and landed on the arrow, she gasped and cried out in pain, rolling on her side before the pain caused her to black out. The being opened a portal. He threw Violet over her shoulder and disappeared into it. Veronica now had two of the Mystic Warriors, what a bleak day it was. What was to happen to the sisters now that two out of the four were captured?
(A/N: please review, I would really appreciate it.)